Insights on Myths-1

When I first heard this story about the two gods Muruga and Ganesha my perception on it were completely different. I heard it during my childhood and those days I blindly believed my elders say. Before going into my perceptions I like to brief you the story.

It is Narada who made the trouble again to lord Shiva and Parvathi as usual. He visited them and presented a fruit saying that they should give to the person whom they like most.

Shiva set a test for his two sons Ganesha and Muruga. He asked them to go round the world and said that the person who finished doing this first would get the fruit. Muruga at once rushed on his mount, the peacock and made a quick trip around the world. He was surprised to find that Ganesha had already finished doing this, since he knew that Ganesha could not move very fast. Ganesha replied that his parents were his only world. So he had completed his task by just going around them.

When I heard this story at first time, my perceptions were,

• Muruga lost the test
• Parents are our world; we should be with them always
• And Ganesha is greater god than Muruga

But now my perception on this story differs from the earlier one. This time I don’t see any loser in the story. I categorized Muruga and Ganesha as hard worker and smart worker respectively. There are several Muruga’s in the present world who acquires the fruit in the life by searching for it in many places. They work hard, gain the experience and attain the fruit. Of course they too achieve the success, but the time period is comparatively high with smart workers. Because the smart workers learning lessons from their ancestors and scholars. They use those lessons and a little of practical experiences to achieve the needed success. This is the characters of Muruga and Ganesha inferred to me from the story.

In the present competitive world being a Ganesha doesn’t help you to achieve the success. We should build ourselves with characteristics of both Muruga and Ganesha. So if you’re a smart worker, try to work hard and if you’re a hard worker learn to be a smart worker.

As u know change never changes this perception too might change at a point of time in my life. If I were an active blogger during that time will make a post on it.